October 2021 Issue 9 - Volume 22
TOP COMEDY TALENTS FOR BALLINA COMEDY CLUB GIG
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FEATURE FILM COMPLETES ACHILL SHOOT
SLIGO’S LARISSA FEENEYS’ ONLINE SUCCESS CONTINUES
RISING ENERGY COSTS NOW A MAJOR CONCERN T
HE call from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to the government to act now to prevent people slipping in to poverty this winter must be heeded. As we face into the second winter since the pandemic struck, we are now contending with a cost-of-living crisis on multiple fronts. Energy prices are soaring, we are seeing rents rise well beyond the control of Rent Pressure Zones, particularly in larger cities and towns, and increasing transport costs are also pushing inflation up. The Budget may have brought some relief with a more generous Fuel Allowance to begin immediately, but this lifeline was unfortunately not extended to all those who will need it in the coming months. The financial impacts of the pandemic remain with the households supported by the Society which notes: “many families will have used up savings or be carrying the burden of debt from the extra costs and lower incomes of the last 18 months. “Worrying levels of people in research we commissioned at the beginning of the year reported cutting back on heating or electricity due to cost, including 42 percent of people unable to work due to illness or disability; almost one in three renters; and 36 percent of one-parent families. “Throughout winter, those in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will also see their incomes reduce as the payment is gradually withdrawn. The main welfare rate people will transfer onto has been shown to be inadequate and will remain so after it is increased by €5 in January.” Cont’d on Page 3.
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BALLINA LIONS’ RESPONSE TO WINTER FUEL DILEMMA
THE HATCHET MEN: Pictured here are some of the large contingent of Lions who chopped wood at Castlehill (near Crossmolina) last week for distribution to families in need this winter. From left: Alan Murphy, Paul Greham, Adrian Bourke, Robert Doyle and Gerry Jordan.
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